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Authorities were racing Monday to reassure the public about security at key cultural sites — and find the jewels stolen from the museum before they can be broken up and melted down.
The precious artifacts snatched from Paris’s Louvre Museum on Sunday include an emerald necklace gifted by Napoleon to his second wife and other priceless crown jewels.
After the recent daylight robbery, the French Culture Ministry has confessed that the jewellery stolen in the recent Louvre incident were not insured.
The French crown jewels robbed from the Louvre museum in Paris are likely lost forever, an art crime expert tells CBS News, even if the thieves are caught.
Laurence des Cars, the Louvre's president and director, is set to testify about the heist before the French Senate's Culture, Education and Sport Committee on Oct. 22.
French thieves have struck again. Only hours after the Louvre robbery at the weekend, the House of Enlightenment, Denis Diderot, in Landres, was hit.
High visitor numbers and dwindling funds for overhauls may have made the landmark museum unexpectedly vulnerable.
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How Louvre burglars obtained truck-mounted lift to make off with jewels worth more than $100M
Thieves used a stolen truck-mounted moving lift to scale the Louvre and steal royal jewels worth over $100 million in a lightning-fast Paris heist.